Variable name

Variable definition

Identifier variables

countrycode

3-letter ISO country code

country

Country name

currency_unit

Currency unit

year

Year

Real GDP, employment and population levels

rgdpe

Expenditure-side real GDP at chained PPPs (in mil.  2017US$)

rgdpo

Output-side real GDP at chained PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)

pop

Population (in millions)

emp

Number of persons engaged (in millions)

avh

Average annual hours worked by persons engaged

hc

Human capital index, based on years of schooling and

returns to education; see Human capital in PWT9.

Current price GDP, capital and TFP

ccon

Real consumption of households and government, at current  PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)

cda

Real domestic absorption, (real consumption plus  investment), at current PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)

cgdpe

Expenditure-side real GDP at current PPPs (in mil.  2017US$)

cgdpo

Output-side real GDP at current PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)

cn

Capital stock at current PPPs (in mil. 2017US$)

ck

Capital services levels at current PPPs (USA=1)

ctfp

TFP level at current PPPs (USA=1)

cwtfp

Welfare-relevant TFP levels at current PPPs (USA=1)

National accounts-based variables

rgdpna

Real GDP at constant 2017 national prices (in mil.  2017US$)

rconna

Real consumption at constant 2017 national prices (in  mil. 2017US$)

rdana

Real domestic absorption at constant 2017 national  prices (in mil. 2017US$)

rnna

Capital stock at constant 2017 national prices (in mil.  2017US$)

rkna

Capital services at constant 2017 national prices  (2017=1)

rtfpna

TFP at constant national prices (2017=1)

rwtfpna

Welfare-relevant TFP at constant national prices  (2017=1)

labsh

Share of labour compensation in GDP at current national  prices

irr

Real internal rate of return

delta

Average depreciation rate of the capital stock

Exchange rates and GDP price levels

xr

Exchange rate, national currency/USD (market+estimated)

pl_con

Price level of CCON (PPP/XR), price level of USA GDPo  in 2017=1

pl_da

Price level of CDA (PPP/XR), price level of USA GDPo in  2017=1

pl_gdpo

Price level of CGDPo (PPP/XR), price level of USA GDPo  in 2017=1

Data information variables

i_cig

0/1/2/3/4: relative price data for consumption,  investment and government is extrapolated (0), benchmark (1), interpolated  (2), ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolated (3) or  ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated (4)

i_xm

0/1/2: relative price data for exports and imports is  extrapolated (0), benchmark (1) or interpolated (2)

i_xr

0/1: the exchange rate is market-based (0) or estimated  (1)

i_outlier

0/1: the observation on pl_gdpe or pl_gdpo is not an  outlier (0) or an outlier (1)

i_irr

0/1/2/3: the observation for irr is not an outlier (0),  may be biased due to a low capital share (1), hit the lower bound of 1  percent (2), or is an outlier (3)

cor_exp

Correlation between expenditure shares of the country  and the US (benchmark observations only)

statcap

Statistical capacity indicator (source: World Bank,  developing countries only)

Shares in CGDPo

csh_c

Share of household consumption at current PPPs

csh_i

Share of gross capital formation at current PPPs

csh_g

Share of government consumption at current PPPs

csh_x

Share of merchandise exports at current PPPs

csh_m

Share of merchandise imports at current PPPs

csh_r

Share of residual trade and GDP statistical discrepancy  at current PPPs

Price levels, expenditure categories and capital

pl_c

Price level of household consumption,  price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1

pl_i

Price level of capital formation,  price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1

pl_g

Price level of government consumption,  price level of USA GDPo in 2017=1

pl_x

Price level of exports, price level of USA GDPo in  2017=1

pl_m

Price level of imports, price level of USA GDPo in  2017=1

pl_n

Price level of the capital stock, price level of USA in  2017=1

pl_k

Price level of the capital services, price level of  USA=1